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Various things at the end of the year (Cleaning up → Experimental facility tour @ Saitama → Study meeting → Research progress report)

At the end of the year, our laboratory was busy with many things. We cleaned up, went to Saitama to see experimental equipments the next day, and attended a study meeting at Waseda University the day after that. Finally, we had a research progress report meeting for thesis students on December 27th, which was the […]

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The 9th Workshop on "Bentonite"at Waseda Univ.

Mr. Urata (M1 student) and Kyokawa attended the "9th Bentonite Study Group @ Waseda University" held on December 23rd. As usual, we had heated and honest discussions and had a lot of fun.

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Visiting the tunnel site.

We went to Nagano and Gunma to observe the invert construction of a tunnel. We don't post pictures of the site, but it was a very valuable experience for us to actually observe the ground where the heaving/swelling had occurred. We will continue our research to elucidate the mechanism and quantitative prediction of the heaving/swelling […]

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